Word history
Wiktionary records కోట (kōṭa) as a Telugu surname. The etymology traces the Telugu word to a reconstructed Dravidian form meaning fort or stronghold. It compares words in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil and Tulu. కోట is the Telugu spelling, with a long first vowel and retroflex consonant. The literal fort word does not identify a particular fort or prove a household’s connection to one.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense
Literal dictionary sense
kōṭa: Fort, stronghold.
Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense
Native-script forms
కోట · Telugu
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense
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